Supreme x Emilio Pucci x Zippo
Supreme vs. Original
Original — Zippo
Classic Street Chrome Windproof Lighter
About the original
Zippo Manufacturing has produced its windproof pocket lighter in Bradford, Pennsylvania since 1932: a brass case with a flip-top lid, replaceable flint-and-wick insert, and the company's lifetime mechanical guarantee. Emilio Pucci, founded in 1947 in Florence, is known for the kaleidoscopic silk prints that Marchese Pucci developed for his 1950s resort line, including the 1970 Fantasia pattern used on this lighter. The Supreme SS2021 three-way collab wraps the Zippo case in a printed Fantasia graphic and adds a small Supreme box logo; three colorways released on June 10, 2021 at $58.
About Zippo
Zippo is an American lighter manufacturer founded in 1932 by George G. Blaisdell in Bradford, Pennsylvania. Blaisdell adapted an Austrian windproof lighter into a rectangular brass case with a hinged lid, filed the original patent in 1934, and received patent number 2,032,695 in 1936. The lighter sold for $1.95 with a lifetime guarantee that still applies to every Zippo. The company has produced over 600 million lighters at the same Bradford factory and remains owned by Blaisdell's descendants. Supreme has collaborated with Zippo on box-logo, all-over print, glow-in-the-dark, Swarovski crystal, and Emilio Pucci and Spectrum iridescent versions of the standard windproof lighter.
